Sujavna 1:38

Giri at 11am on 5^th November

Welcome to yet another edition of Sujavna. I hope that you all are enjoying the weekend with your near and dear ones and rejuvenating yourselves to immerse in the exciting opportunities that the next week may have in store.

But I guess not all of us always look forward to the future, especially those who are in the marginalised sections of society and, who, as someone pointed out to me, repeatedly come out as losers in the Russian roulette of life that they need to play, day after day, week after week. I write this with a sense of exasperation after reading about the death of a new born in a hospital in rural India, because the staff used carbolic acid instead of disinfectant on its mother in a pre-C-section administration. And there have been no criminal cases filed against the hospital staff, the hospital administration!

And yet there are always many who look forward to the future, because they have hope that matters do improve and economic gains do lurk around the corner for those enterprising enough to search for the pot and have a go at striking it.

What innovations in our governance structures can ensure we have more and more numbers in the latter group than those of the former? And how do such innovations become well-accepted norms of civil society? I admit I am totally lost on this – in fact I wonder if these are right questions to be asked? Any one amongst you , who has a better framework of questions to ask in this context or indeed any answers to my questions?

Wishing you a great week ahead.